Hmmm. I think I did this better on April 1st.

[marycrawford]

OK, so the house of ill repute that is the Hercules store (owned by the same people as the equally ill-famed Highlander store) now has something for sale they call the Hercules Action Pack DVD collection, for $39.99.

It's a mishmash - two of the TV movies (Lost Kingdom and Amazon Women), the Xena trilogy (Warrior Princess, The Gauntlet and Unchained Heart), the Young Hercules movie and the animated movie. These are all for sale separately, on DVD and VHS, and the first five are all on the Hercules season 1 DVD set, which would be a much better buy if you ask me.

But what caught my attention is this bit of marketing speak:

"the legendary action comes alive with loads of new features like behind-the-scenes documentaries, deleted scenes and outtakes, alternate endings, and other cool stuff as well."

No details on what any of the cool stuff actually is, of course. Maybe they just stuck some of the DVD season set extras on there? Maybe the extras are entirely legendary, like the famous 'European extended scenes'? Anyway, I just wanted to give you the heads-up - if any of you actually see this in stores, I'd appreciate more details.

Comments

[mythdefied.livejournal.com]

I'd actually thought about buying that, simply because I want the Young Hercules movie and the Xena trilogy (I've been really hesitating to buy Herc season 1 just for the Xena eps). But I held off because I wasn't sure I wanted a copy of the animated movie. I mean, on one hand, some of my favorite actors did voices for that, but on the other, they never appeared onscreen. Now I'm glad I waited, after seeing this and ltlj's review on the animated movie. I think I'll just buy season 1 whenever I can afford it.

[marycrawford.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I think Season 1 is much better value, though I've never seen the animated thing. The Michael Hurst/Kevin Sorbo double act comedy commentaries on some of those episodes are worth the price of the set, IMO. *g*